Slotted Upright Attachment Adaptor Kit

ABSTRACT

The slotted upright attachment adaptor kit of the present disclosure and related inventions is used to create retail space where it did not previously exist. It allows for temporary promotional or seasonal displays to be attached to an existing fixture without the use of tools. The kit includes a slide bar, four attachment pins or fasteners and one or more s-hooks.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a non-provisional of and claims priority to U.S.Provisional Patent Application No. 62/845,133 filed on May 8, 2019, acopy of which is incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is in the field of retail fixtures. Morespecifically, the present invention is directed to an adaptor kit whichallows creates an attachment point to a retail display fixture slottedupright.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The slotted upright attachment adaptor kit of the present disclosure andrelated inventions is used to create retail space where it did notpreviously exist. It allows for temporary promotional or seasonaldisplays to be attached to an existing fixture without the use of tools.The kit includes a slide bar, attachment hardware and one or moredisplay hooks.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the Retail Display Adaptor Kit of thepresent invention, attached to a slotted upright.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view the Retail Display Adaptor Kit as it isattached to a slotted upright.

FIG. 3 is a view of the Retail Display Adaptor Kit attached to a slottedupright.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a display hanging from the RetailDisplay Adaptor Kit, from the perspective of line 4-4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED AND ALTERNATE EMBODIMENTS

The slotted upright attachment adaptor kit 100 of the present disclosureand related inventions is used to create retail space where it did notpreviously exist. It allows for temporary promotional or seasonaldisplays to be attached to an existing fixture without the use of tools.The kit includes a slide bar 10, four attachment pins or fasteners 12and one or more s-hooks 14.

The kit 100 is intended to be used with an existing display fixture 15having at least one slotted upright 16. The components of the kit 100interact with the slotted upright 16 to create retail display space. Theslide bar 10 is preferably steel but can be made of other materials. Itis a substantially flat or planar elongate strip having a slight lip oredge 18 forming an L-shape. The slide bar 10 contains four circularopenings 20A-D pre-drilled thereon for engagement with the fourattachment pins 12. In one embodiment, the slide bar 10 is approximately12-inches in length with an approximately 0.6-inch height. Each of thepre-drilled holes 20 are approximately 0.261-inch diameter. There aretwo pre-drilled holes 20A, 20B located to the left of the horizontalmidpoint of the slide bar 10 and two pre-drilled holes 20C, 20D locatedto the right of the horizontal midpoint of the slide bar 10, as shown inFIGS. 2 and 3. The two inner holes 20A, 20B are approximately 2.5 inchesapart and the two outer holes 20A, 20B are approximately 5.5 inchesapart. The slight lip or edge 18 attached to the substantially slide bar10 is approximately 0.375 inches long. The four attachment pins orfasteners 12 can be of any type suited to fit through the pre-drilledholes 20A-D on the slide bar 10 and fastened without the use ofadditional tools. For example, a fastener having a base and a body whichare attached on opposing sides of the slide bar 10 can be used or aone-piece canoe clip with a prong arm which compresses when it isinserted into the opening and snaps back as it passes through, as shownin FIG. 2. The one or more s-hooks 14 contain an s-shaped configurationwith a downward facing cavity on one side of the hook 14 and an upwardfacing cavity on the opposite side of the hook 14. The downward facingcavity is inserted over the slide bar 10 and the upward facing cavity isused to support and display product display fixtures for containingmerchandise or to display hanging merchandise directly, as shown inFIGS. 1 and 3.

In operation, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the slider bar 10 is inserteddirectly through an opening or slot in a slotted upright 16 of a retaildisplay fixture. Two fasteners 12 are placed into two holes 20A, B onslide bar 10 to the left of the slotted upright 16 and two fasteners 12are placed into two holes 20C, D on slide bar 10 to the right of theslotted upright 16, as shown in the figures. The fasteners 12 keep theslide bar 10 in place on the slotted upright 16. One or more s-hooks 14can be inserted over the slider bar 10. Product display fixtures and/ormerchandise/packaging can then be inserted into the upward facing cavityon each s-hook 14 to suspend the product display fixtures and/ormerchandise/packaging therefrom. The kit 100 creates additional retailspace on the side of an existing retail display that did not previouslyexist.

While materials have been described herein with respect to thecomponents of the kit, however, other materials have been contemplatedand are considered to be within the scope of this invention.Additionally, sizes and specific spacing of the components have beenprovided for a specific embodiment, or example and are not intended tolimit the invention in any way. Other sizes and spacing or orientationmay be used. Also, a specific type of fastener and hanger hook have beenprovided as examples only and other attachment and hanger hardware canbe used. The hanger hook can be used to hold product display fixturesfor containing and displaying merchandise therein or the hanger hook candirectly hold merchandise or product packaging of the merchandisetherefrom.

The foregoing embodiments of the present invention have been presentedfor the purposes of illustration and description. These descriptions andembodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the inventionto the precise form disclosed, and obviously many modifications andvariations are possible in light of the above disclosure. Theembodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain theprinciple of the invention and its practical applications to therebyenable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention in itsvarious embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to theparticular use contemplated. It is intended that the invention bedefined by the following claims.

1. A retail display attachment adaptor kit comprising: a flat, planar,bar having two or more pre-drilled holes thereon; two or more attachmentpins; two or more hanger hooks; wherein the bar is operative to beinserted into one slot of a slotted upright and the two or moreattachment pins are operative to fit into the two or more pre-drilledholes on the bar to secure the bar to the slotted upright, and whereinthe two or more hanger hooks are operative to be inserted over the barand to support product display fixtures or merchandise or packagingsuspended therefrom.
 2. The retail display attachment adaptor kit ofclaim 1, wherein the bar is operative to extend through the slottedupright such that a portion of the bar is located on the left of theslotted upright and a portion of the bar is located on the right of theslotted upright.
 3. The retail display attachment adaptor kit of claim1, wherein product display fixtures or merchandise or packaging can besuspended from the bar on both sides of the slotted upright.
 4. Theretail display attachment adaptor kit of claim 1, wherein the flat,planar bar contains a lip.
 5. The retail display attachment adaptor kitof claim 1, wherein the hanger hooks are s-shaped hanger hooks.
 6. Theretail display attachment adaptor kit of claim 5, wherein the s-shapedhanger hooks contain one upward facing channel and one downward facingchannel.
 7. The retail display attachment adaptor kit of claim 1,wherein the kit can be attached to a slotted upright without the use oftools.
 8. A retail display attachment adaptor kit comprising: a sliderbar having at least two apertures thereon; two or more attachmentelements operative to attach to the at least two apertures on the sliderbar; wherein the slider bar is operative to be inserted through one slotof a slotted upright and attached thereto by inserting at least one ofthe two or more attachment elements into the at least two apertures onthe slider bar to the left of the slot and inserting at least one of thetwo or more attachment elements into one of the at least two apertureson the slider bar to the right of the slot, and one or more s-shapedhooks operative to attach to the slider bar and also to suspend andretain a product display fixture or merchandise directly therefrom. 9.The retail display attachment adaptor kit of claim 8, wherein the sliderbar is substantially flat and planar.
 10. The retail display attachmentadaptor kit of claim 8, wherein the slider bar has a lip creating aslight l-shaped slider bar.
 11. The retail display attachment adaptorkit of claim 8, wherein the two or more attachment elements contain twoparts, a first part which gets inserted into a first side of one of theat least two apertures on the slider bar and a second part which isinserted over the first part on a second side of one of the at least twoapertures on the slider bar.
 12. The retail display attachment adaptorkit of claim 8, wherein the two or more attachment elements areone-piece canoe clips.
 13. The retail display attachment adaptor kit ofclaim 8, wherein the two or more attachment elements are attachmentpins.
 14. The retail display attachment adaptor kit of claim 8, whereinthe kit can be attached to a slotted upright without the use of tools.15. The retail display attachment adaptor kit of claim 8, wherein theone or more s-shaped hooks are operative to be removably attached to theslider bar.
 16. A retail display attachment adaptor kit comprising: asubstantially planar slider bar; two or more attachment hardwareoperative to be inserted into two or more pre-drilled holes on theslider bar; one or more s-shaped hooks removably attached to the sliderbar; wherein the slider bar is inserted through an opening in a retailfixture and secured thereto with the two or more attachment hardware;and wherein the one or more s-shaped hooks are operative to suspend adisplay fixture or merchandise therefrom.
 17. The retail displayattachment adaptor kit of claim 16, wherein one of the two or moreattachment hardware is attached to the slider bar to the left of theopening in the retail fixture and one of the two or more attachmenthardware is attached to the slider bar to the right of the opening inthe retail fixture.
 18. The retail display attachment adaptor kit ofclaim 16, wherein the kit can be assembled without the use of tools. 19.The retail display attachment adaptor kit of claim 16, wherein eachattachment hardware is one-piece.
 20. The retail display attachmentadaptor kit of claim 16, wherein each attachment hardware have twopieces.